in ancient china many childen never got a chance to go to school.Whit the Han dynasty(206B.C.-200A.D.)the emperor paid for free education only boys were allowed to study.They typically used to start school when they were about six years old and there was one teacher for the whole school there weren't any math or science lessons.Stidents leaned to His teaching stressed the im portance of duty,family,and hard work.Boy used to work very hard to pass the government tests.Students with the highest scores could get a job in the government.Around 500 A.D.,girls also began to learn how to read write in Buddhist temples,which were spreading in china.